ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2015
Randomized Trial of Psychological Interventions to Preventing Postpartum Depression among Iranian First-time Mothers.
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- Different psychological interventions for perinatal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Factors Associated With Treatment Engagement and Outcome for Women in the Perinatal Period Receiving Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma-Related Disorders.Depression and anxiety · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating cognitive behavioral therapy as a solution for postnatal depression in economically disadvantaged regions.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Pooled it
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- Is cognitive behavioral therapy a better choice for women with postnatal depression? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Anxiety-focused cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by non-specialists to prevent postnatal depression: a randomized, phase 3 trial.Nature medicine · 2024Trial
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- Effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy in comparison to other psychological and pharmacological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms in women diagnosed with postpartum depression in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- Resilience-enhancing interventions for antepartum depressive symptoms: systematic review.BJPsych open · 2022Review
- Prevention of common mental disorders among women in the perinatal period: a critical mixed-methods review and meta-analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2022Review
- Professional support during the postpartum period: primiparous mothers' views on professional services and their expectations, and barriers to utilizing professional help.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current study was conducted to examine the effect of cognitive behavior therapy on the reduction postpartum mood disorder and increasing the self-esteem of at-risk Iranian mothers.
methodsIn this quasi-experimental study, 135 at-risk mothers were selected from the population by means of cluster sampling and randomly assigned into one of two groups: Intervention (n = 64), or control (n = 71). The control group received usual medical care, and the intervention group received an eight sessions' cognitive behavior program during pregnancy. Assessments were administered at two time points (pretest at the beginning of the third trimester and posttest at 2 weeks postpartum). Beck anxiety, beck depression, Edinburgh postpartum depression, (PPD) Coopersmith self-esteem, and religious attitude questionnaire were used to collect data.
resultsThe mean age of participants was 25.8 ± 3.7 years. One-third of them had either bachelor or higher degrees in education (33%). About two-third of participants were unemployment with similar distribution in both the groups (intervention = 80%, control = 83%). The majority (70%) of the participants had cesarean section deliveries. There were no statistically significant differences respects to sociodemographic characteristics between the control and intervention groups (P > 0.05). The multivariate analysis of covariance results showed that the average scores of PPD were reduced significantly in the intervention group (P < 0.001). Also while the mean score of anxiety in the intervention group decreased from 23.31 (standard error [SE] =12.11) to 16.64 (SE = 8.33) and self-esteem increased from 29.09 (SE = 3.51) to 31.81 (SE = 2.76), no change was statistically significant in comparison to the control group.
conclusionsAccording to the findings of the present study, cognitive behavior intervention is effective in reducing PPD in at-risk mothers.
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